Sedona AZ (January 11, 2013) – Late this afternoon, Department of Public Safety officials notified Sheriff Scott Mascher that YCSO Lt. Wayne Loughrige, 51, and his son, Joseph Arter, 17, were both killed in single vehicle collision. The accident occurred on southbound Highway 69, milepost 277, in Humboldt, Arizona. DPS officers indicate a 2005 Dodge Durango, driven by Wayne, drifted into the... 

High risk sex offender Smith relocates to Camp Verde Camp Verde AZ (January 10, 2013) – UPDATE: Sex offender Smith registered a new address in Cornville, Arizona, notifies the YCSO on March 19, 2013. View comments below this article for the Cornville address and view a recently updated photo of Smith in this article. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is required to release the following... 

Seligman AZ (January 5, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with numerous search and rescue personnel, are engaged in the search of a missing 7-year-old boy outside of Seligman, Arizona. *UPDATE  COLE FOUND ALIVE AND SAFE BY VOLUNTEERS WHO JOINED THE SEARCH – READ COMMENTS BELOW THIS ARTICLE FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORT. At 9:30 PM, YCSO deputies... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Area Commands Sedona AZ (January 4, 2013) – On January 3, 2013, at approximately 7 AM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported burglary at the Beaver Creek Elementary School, 4810 East Beaver Creek Road, Rimrock, Arizona. Upon arrival, a school staff member told deputies unknown suspects entered the school’s bus barn and stole... 

Sedona AZ (December 10, 2012) – On December 5, 2012, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies met with a 66-year-old female fraud victim at her home in the 11000 block of Circle Drive, Cornville, Arizona. The victim told deputies she received a phone call at home from a person identifying himself as an FBI agent working with Publisher’s Clearing House. The man told her she had won a Mercedes... 

Prescott AZ (December 4, 2012) – Between the evening of Saturday, December 1, 2012, and the following morning, unknown suspects cut the fence surrounding the Prescott County Club (PCC) storage yard and stole an electric maintainence cart. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office reported thefts of golf carts in the area as early as November 10, 2012. The cart was later found in the Aqua Fria... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Area Commands Paulden AZ (November 29, 2012) – In the Rimrock subdivision of Paulden, Arizona, an alert neighborhood watch reported a suspicious vehicle in the area. The vehicle eventually entered private lands and it looked as if the two occupants in the car were casing the neighborhood. The private property owner was alerted to its presence.  The... 

Prescott AZ (November 27, 2012) – In recent weeks, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated several golf maintenance cart thefts in and around the Prescott Country Club (PCC) which is located just off Arizona State Highway 69 in Dewey, Arizona. Some of the cart thefts originated in the nearby Quailwood subdivision of Prescott Valley, Arizona and involve suspect(s) dumping the... 

Lake Montezuma AZ (November 26, 2012) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is required to release the following information pursuant to ARS 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law. The offender in this publication, Bret Allen Stehouwer, has indicated that he will be living in the unincorporated area of Yavapai County. It is the responsibility of the Chief Law Enforcement Office... 

Seth Overson of Dewey Arizona arrested for beating a 5-year-old bloody Sedona AZ (November 25, 2012) – On November 19, 2012, at approximately 7:30 AM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call for help in the 1600 block of Wait a Minute Way, Dewey, Arizona. Upon arrival, deputies contacted 34-year-old Seth Overson at the front door. He admitted arguing with his wife but...